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Seventh Regiment 

Rhode Island Volunteers 



lExbibition 

of tbe 

Dichsburg Statue 



Exercises on the grounds 

of the 

Gorham Manufacturing Company 

Saturday, March 28 

1908 

at eleven o'clock 





[From the address of welcome by the Hon. Abraham Payr.e, June, 13. 1865.] 
" Soldiers of the Seventh Rhode Island : 

" No words can express the welcome which the nation triumphant and at peace extends to 
you. . . . Hereafter it shall be praise enough for any common man that he fought with Grant at 
Vicksburg and reopened the Father of Waters to commerce and civilization ... To borrow the 
words of Mr. Lincoln at Gettysburg, ' What we say to you is of small consequence, but what you have 
done for us is of imperishable value.' " 



Our "Seventh Rhode Island" banner, 

How gallantly it waved 
O'er boys in blue, with hearts so true. 

Who fought, our land to save. 

How bright was all its gleaming 

In those eventful days. 
Mid battle's stroke, where clouds of smoke 

Obscured the sun's bright rays. 



From Spottsylvania's meadows 

To distant Vicksburg's shore. 
Its stars shone bright i;i many a fig'.it, 

Till ceased the battle's roar. 

And now its tattered form repeats. 

In faded red and blue. 
The story old. of soldiers bold, 

Whose hearts were brave and true. 

— Charles W. Hopkins. 



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Col. DANIEL R. BALLOU 

Past Department Commander, R. I., G. A. R. 



©tbcv Speakers 

His Excellency JAMES H. HIGGINS 
Governor of Rhode Island 

His Honor P. J. McCARTHY 

Mayor of the City of Providence 

Mr. FRANK EDWIN ELWELL 
Sculptor 



Judge NATHAN B. LE'WIS, President of the Seventh Rhode Island Veteran Association, will preside 

Music by the Veteran Musicians of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Veterans 
JAMES CARPENTER 
FRANCIS B. HOLLAND 



Rhode Island State Commission 

Judge NATHAN B. LEWIS, Chairman 
WILLIAM P. HOPKINS, Secretary 
ELISHA C. KNIGHT 




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Bronze Statue — Height 11 feet 
Frank Edwin Elwell, Sculptor 
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Founders 



"There is no man cr body of men whose congratulations could be more prized By me than those of the Seventh 
RhodeIsland."-Z.R. BLISS (Major-Gene al U.S. A.). Aug. 13, 1896. 



Brief Summary of Service of the Seventh Regiment 

Rhode Island Volunteers in the Civil War 

Col. ZENAS R. BLISS, Commanding 



1S62 

Sept. 6 Regiment mustered into United States 
service at Camp Bliss, Cranston, 
R. I. 
10 Departed for the seat of war. 
ij Arrived at Washington, 1).C. 
Oct. 4 Camped on Maryland Heights 

27 Left Pleasant \'alley, Md., and crossed 
the Potomac into Virginia. 
Nov. 15 Repulsed Confederate attack at White 

Sulphur Springs, \'a. 
Dec. 13. Battle of Fredericksburg. 

1S63 

Feb. 9 Left Fredericksburg for Newport 

News. 
Mar. 25 Left Newport News for Kentucky. 

31 Arrived at Lexington, Ky. 
Apr. and May. Kentucky Campaign. 
June 4 Left Crab Orchard, Ky., for Vicks- 
burg, Miss. 

17 Arrived at Haines Bluff, rear of X'ick.s- 
burg. 
July 4 Surrender of \icksburg. 

13 Battle of Jackson, Miss. 
Aug. 8 Left Mississippi. 

16 Arrived at Cairo, 111. 
Aug. 23 Arrived at Lexington, Ky. 
Dec. 24 Left Lexington. 

1864 

Jan. I At Hall's Gap, Ky. 



1864 
Jan. 

Mar. 
Apr. 



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I^Lay 
June 



July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Nov. 



Arrived at Point Isabella, Cumber- 
land River, Ky. 

Left Point Isabella. 

Arrived at Annapolis, Md. 

Left Annapolis. 

Rejoined Army of Potomac, 
to 18 Battle of Spottsylvania. 

Battle of North Anna. 

Battle of Bethesda Church. 

Battle of Cold Harbor. 

Assault on Petersburg. 

Explosion of mine. 

Battle of Weldon Railroad. 

Battle of Poplar Spring Church, 
to Apr. 3, 1S65. Fort Sedgwick (" Fort 
Hell"), under constant fire. 



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Apr. 



May 
June 



3 Petersburg evacuated by confederates. 

10 Arrival at Farmville, \'a. News of 
Lee's surrender. 

29 Arrived at Mt. Pleasant, near Arling- 
ton Heights, \'a. 

23 Grand Review at Washington, D. C. 
9 Mustered out of service at Mt. Pleas- 
ant. 

10 Left for Providence, R. I. 

13 Arrived at Providence. Enthusiastic 
reception and banquet. 

21 Final assembly, payment made and 
men discharged. 



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